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Zoxasi I looked on that page for information about Mahmoud Al Kaoud but couldn't find any? Where did you find it said he was a Muslim? I am sure he is a "Christian" because he exists no-where except in anonymous postings. If he was a Muslim why wo…
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This passage is addressed by God to Moses, and so is speaking in the first instance of the children of Israel. Of course by extension it might be applied spiritually to the Church, and to the spiritual victory over our enemies which the Lord will g…
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epchois_nai_nan, Please don't take these comments as being critical of you, or being offered aggressively. I am not dogmatic about these things, although I do tend to be sceptical of the modern priesthood of science. (Does anyone here like Rush, a…
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But the issue is that I don't know any British people who call Father Christmas St Nicholas. There are no lies being told about St Nicholas in the UK because in Britain there is no connection between Father Christmas and St Nicholas. I am not sure …
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I wouldn't worry about finding a talent. Instead find ways of serving. There must be lots of things need cleaning etc. I am not sure I have a talent but it has not prevented me serving. So just seek to serve and see how God will open up avenues of…
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I would be interested to know what each of the congregations represented here do at the season of Nativity to reach out to their local communities and share our wonderful Faith? I am seriously thinking of designing a leaflet to be distributed, perh…
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But how can parents who do not believe in God give their children any sort of grounding in the faith? Surely that is only the responsibility of the Church. The problem with Father Christmas is not the loose connection with St Nicholas, but the ram…
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IMHO, the statement does read like that of a disgruntled and bitter Copt rather than a Muslim. He is going on about bishops bowing down to him and people not being allowed to get divorced. Father Peter
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For most people in the UK Father Christmas has nothing at all to do with Saint Nicholas and they are entirely unaware of him. Therefore although they might be interested to learn about him, they will not actually associate him with Father Christmas.…
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You have decided to call the apparent history a deception a priori so this colours everything. Why is it a deception and not the built in history of the universe? A created river valley could never be 'generic'. It would have to be created specif…
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Why have you not asked your teacher? If they think it is not allowed then it is not allowed.
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I am not sure what you want anyone to say? If you feel this is a problem then do something about it. You can see I disagree and think that the issue is the Church. The world is always the world. But if the Church is not the Church then it is not …
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There can be NO creation ex nihilo without an apparent history. It is impossible to conceive of a river valley being created that did not have an apparent history of thousands of years. This is not a deception. This is part of the necessary proces…
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Well as far as I can see we are all responsible to study the Fathers and follow their teaching. If you wish to find a reason to eat this food then you have one. Perhaps the situation is different in the UK? Here it is clear that a very large numbe…
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Hezekiel, Everyone is entitled to their opinion I guess, but your opinion is not that of the Fathers of the Church. I also think that you misunderstand what is meant when it is said that the idols are nothing. They certainly are demonic, and the …
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I am very interested to discover that the view I hold, that the universe has an apparent age, had already been developed in the past by Philip Henry Gosse. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omphalos_hypothesis Indeed it can be traced beyond Gosse to th…
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I also understand your point of view. But I do not know personally of anyone who is not a Christian because of Father Christmas. I do know of many people who are not Christians because no-one has explained the faith to them, or shown then a Christi…
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Of course not. We should teach the nativity. We should not teach Father Christmas. There are many things in the world which are not true. Our job is not to focus on these but just to share the truth.
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I don't agree I am afraid. I have never been part of a church that taught Father Christmas. I have seen many churches that do not do evangelism. Father Peter
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I don't think that Father Christmas has anything at all to do with the loss of Christian faith in the West. The fact is that the vast majority of people in the UK WANT to be associated with Christianity. What puts them off is the Church and the Chu…
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So you are only thinking of doing half the work? I think you know yourself that this is cheating. It is not what is being asked of you by your teacher. Better to do it properly and fail, than to succeed and know that you do not deserve the better …
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In what way do the godless prosper? Surely it is a mirage? There is nothing eternal in what they are building with their lives, and it will disappear from before the Lord like a mist in the morning as the heat of the Sun burns it away. This life i…
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Do we live out the portions of the Scripture we do understand? Why then should we worry about the parts we do not? Do we understand how the bread and wine become the body and blood of Christ? I know that I live out so little of what I do know t…
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The Rapture is a modern idea mostly from the 1820's onwards and was popularised by the founders of the Protestant group I belonged to. I do not really agree with any such speculation. When the disciples asked our Lord about whether or not St John …
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I understand your view, and I know that you have put a great deal of serious study into these things, but I disagree, not least because I have seen so many Protestant Christians sucked into a pointless obession with interpreting things that the Fath…
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With respect, I do not think that we need to worry about this at all. The problems we face are square in our face and have nothing to do with trying to interpret Revelation. This has never been a major concern of the Church. There are many passag…
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You are not asking questions anymore I think, but making rather sweeping accusations that the Fathers do not support. We do not know who the anti-Christ is. This is the position of the Church. None of us should say, 'the Bible means this' unless w…
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Do please clam down a little. The Fathers do not allow us to make any of the sort of claims that are being made in this thread. Let us concentrate on our own salvation and pray that we are not the anti-Christ. Father Peter
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Making the Orban is a privilege not a right, therefore I would expect that your Abouna knows who has been asked to make them, and as his spiritual father knows his spiritual state. For myself, if someone who made the Orban was seriously struggling…
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I hope to have some pictures and a report up as soon as possible. My own talk, for what it is worth, is here... http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/10090833 Abba Seraphim and Father Vahan both gave very good and insightful talks, and the fellowship wa…